After putting things in place at home, Yan Zhennan went to find a well digger. The man took a look and finally decided to dig the well in the backyard.

In fact, according to Zhao Guizhi's idea, she wanted to dig a well next to the kitchen so that it would be more convenient to use water.

But the backyard is okay. If there are children at home in the future, they will be able to avoid accidents due to their mischief. In the past few years, there were also three or four-year-old children in the village who lay by the well to see what was going on, and they would fall in if the adults were not paying attention.

Fortunately, there were many people who knew how to fetch water, and someone tied a rope to pull it up.

After the well digger came to check, he said it would take a few days before work could begin, so Yan Zhenshen asked Wang Wu if anyone had a puppy.

Many farmers' dogs are free-range. Sometimes you don't know if a female dog is pregnant until her belly gets big. After the babies are born, no family would be willing to keep so many dogs. Most of them are given away.

Yan Zhenshen wanted to raise a few dogs to guard the house, so a country dog ​​would do. There was no need to spend money to buy a hunting dog.

After all, a good hunting dog pup costs one or two taels of silver.

Wang Wu asked for help to inquire about it, and Yan Zhenshen asked him to find someone to help build the wall, and provided two meals and 20 cents a day as wages.

It's the slack season during the farming season, so there are many people willing to come. Even if Wang Wu isn't there, there's no telling how many people will come if he just calls out.

But Yan Zhenshen did not intend to have too much contact with anyone, so he asked Wang Wu to find someone for this matter, and those people would remember Wang Wu's favor.

To build a wall, you have to find a place to dig soil first. A lot of places near my home have been dug up because of building houses. Although they are all at the foot of the mountain and no one cares, the bumpy ground is not good either. I still have to take time to level it when I have time.

When Yan Zhenshen came back, he saw a few wild lilies on the roadside. He remembered that this seemed to be a kind of medicinal herb, and it looked beautiful when it bloomed, so he went home, got a hoe and dug some.

Although the yard is not big, it seems empty. It would be better to plant some flowers. It will be pleasing to look at when they bloom after a while.

Chu Xiao watched him busy and thought that planting flowers was a good idea, so he said that next time he went into the mountains he would find some peonies to plant, as they would look more beautiful when they bloomed.

Seeing her husband happy, Yan Zhenshen said, "You can plant some in front of and behind the house in the future, and you can dig them up and sell them in autumn."

"That's right. I'll get more seeds this year and plant some in the nearby wasteland. In the summer, there will be clusters of flowers, and in the winter, there will be empty fields. I can dig them up, which will also be an income."

Anyway, not many people in the village know about medicinal herbs, and even if they do, no one would dig them up openly.

Yan Zhennan passed by the door of the partition wall, and when he heard this, he said he would plant some for him as well, "Ayun's yard is also very empty, I will plant some for him too."

Yan Sanmei couldn't help but come over to take a look: "Why don't you plant some fruit trees? Xinghua has persimmons planted outside her yard."

There are a lot of wild persimmons on the mountain. Although the taste is a little astringent, there is not much difference between them and those grown in the village after frost, especially the frozen persimmons. Chu Xiao thinks wild persimmons are more delicious.

"Why not plant some jujube trees?" The wild jujubes on the mountain are really inedible. They are sour and astringent, and even when dried they don't have much sweetness.

But the ones grown in the village are all grafted, and they are very sweet. Last year, Yan Zhenshen bought some. Dried dates were five cents a pound. He bought three pounds, and they were chewed up by Chu Xiao and Yan Sanmei in just a few days.

Zhao Guizhi wanted to put a few of them in the soup, but she couldn't find them.

"Okay, there are people growing dates in the next village. I'll go buy a sapling."

Yan Zhenshen absolutely does whatever his husband says without any hesitation.

"Plant the tree, and when it grows up we can put a swing on it." Chu Xiao thought with a smile that in the future it would be best to hang a big swing that can accommodate both him and Brother Shen.

Yan Zhenshen particularly liked the way his husband planned for their future life, which made him feel extremely at ease.

"Small trees grow slowly. I'll go see if I can buy a fully grown tree."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiao felt that his brother Shen was really too indulgent towards him, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Those who survive a great disaster will surely have good fortune in the future," this was really true.

If he hadn't been struck to death and then resurrected by lightning, how could he have met a man who loved him so wholeheartedly.

"It takes a lot of effort to dig up a mature tree, but a small tree will do. I can make it bear fruit next year."

Yan Zhenshen hesitated for a moment and said, "Then let's just buy the trees."

If my husband plants trees on the mountain, no one may notice if they grow fast. But if the trees he plants in his own yard bear fruit within a year, I'm afraid the whole village will know about it.

After Yan Zhenshen finished his work here, he went to dig the ground in the backyard. Although vegetables were planted in the old house, the backyard here was big and it would be a waste if it was not used.

It would be better to dig out and plant more vegetables, and then pick them at home when you go up the mountain in the future, so that your husband won’t have to go up the mountain to make trouble, and they won’t eat much and will all be fed to the insects.

It was not yet time to cook, and Zhao Guizhi came over to help dig the ground: "This year the place is spacious, let's plant some cucumbers and eggplants."

"We also need to grow beans. Beans are delicious when stewed with meat." Yan Sanmei swallowed unconsciously at the thought.

Chu Xiao also nodded. Last year, his family planted a few of them, and they could only have one meal every few days. The villagers planted more, and in autumn they could be cut into strips and dried. In winter, they could also be stewed with meat and be a good dish.

"Okay, I'll plant two rows this year so you can eat as much as you want."

Speaking of eating, the two brothers of the Yan family worked even harder. Although the weather was not hot yet, they were sweating all over.

Yan Zhennan took off his outer shirt and only wore his inner shirt, which was loose to allow the wind to blow. When he bent over and dug the ground, his chest and abdominal muscles were clearly visible.

Chu Xiao glanced at him a few times with admiration, and Yan Zhenshen's face darkened when he saw it.

"Put on your clothes." Yan Zhenshen didn't want her husband to look at other men.

Without waiting for Yan Zhennan to refute, he threw his coat on him: "If you get sick again, no one will take care of you."

He said it as if out of the concern of an elder brother, but Chu Xiao clearly saw Brother Shen's expression change.

He rolled his eyes and just wanted to see what was wrong. Why was he so petty?

But he was too lazy to care. After comparison, he still felt that Brother Shen had a better figure. At least his pectoral muscles were thicker than Yan Zhennan's, not to mention his abdominal muscles. There was no comparison at all.

Seeing that it was almost time, Yan Sanmei went to chop grass for the pigs to prepare food for the livestock, not bothering to even take a second look at her second brother's figure.

Zhao Guizhi also had to go prepare dinner, so only the three of them were left digging. Chu Xiao then muttered in Yan Zhenshen's ear: "Brother Shen is still the best."

Yan Zhenshen was stunned at first, then he realized what he said, glanced at Yan Zhennan who had already put on his clothes, and said "hmm" in an inaudible voice.

Although I was proud in my heart, the tips of my ears still turned a little red.

Yan Zhennan looked at the two men whispering to each other, not knowing what they were talking about, and his eldest brother gave him a strange look.

I felt that these two people were most likely talking about me. Could it be that he was wearing his clothes backwards?

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